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IT leaders say BI and analytics are ‘legacy’ and need ripping out

Customer databases and document management are also in the sights of IT decision makers wanting to further digitise their firms says Hitachi

Software Box joins forces with Sinclair Voicenet on PCI DSS

The two companies will jointly explore new opportunities throughout the public sector for Sinclair's SmartVoice Protect offering

Half of company data centres suffer from natural disasters

In the last 10 years, 50 percent asked had experienced disruption to their data centre due to seismic activity or other natural disasters

Dimension Data offers wider public sector support via CCS

Services are now available through the UK Crown Commercial Services’ Technology Services Framework, including networking and server support

Bridgeway steps in after Mobil8 goes bust

Mobility integrator and reseller Mobil8 has voluntarily wound itself up and has entered voluntary liquidation, with customer support ending

Nuvola Distribution signs SDN pioneer Talari

Talari helps organisations build smart networks that proactively manage capacity, quality and performance across all types of networks

Toshiba gives business display rewards for Rugby World Cup

Toshiba’s business display resellers simply need to track sales of selected TD-E, TD-Z and TD-X models for the period up to 31 July 2015

Unitrends adopts 100 percent channel sales model

In the third quarter Unitrends will unveil a completely new channel partner programme, custom built from the ground up, said the company

Citrix told to slash channel numbers

Investment firm Elliott Management wants Citrix Systems channel partner numbers cut back and less spent on R&D to help bump up profitability

Mayflex signs Canon security camera deal

The distribution agreement with Canon covers the full range of its network security cameras, and they will be available from 'early July'

Arrow wins NetApp UK partner marketing award

The Marketing Excellence award recognised the achievements of Arrow’s Ideal Data Centre programme which created many channel opportunities

Birst appoints EMEA channel head to drive cloud BI growth

Rabah Krouchy has been appointed as EMEA director of alliances and channels, after previous roles at Qlik, MicroFocus, Sybase, CA and Merant

Avnet launches CloudReady Programme in UK

Cloud specialists from HP, VMware and Avnet will address the major challenges facing IT service providers at a launch event next week

Colt launches DCNet for easier data interconnections

DCNet aims to offer firms in capital markets, media and cloud computing greater choice on where they host their data and with whom they connect

Meeting Zone expands UC channel team

Scott Somenthal has joined MeetingZone’s Skype For Business team as channel manager while Darren Anderson has come on board as a pre-sales consultant

NetApp offers new partner incentives for all-flash arrays

The all-flash rewards move is designed to 'kill the little dogs biting at our heels right now', said NetApp, which is wooing partners in Warsaw

NetApp Partner Executive Forum: Where’s George?

George Kurian was appointed interim CEO last week after the company's board took the reins off incumbent Tom Georgens, following poor financial results

SimpliVity makes another hyperconverged step with Cisco

SimpliVity’s solution will support Cisco UCS Director to automate infrastructure management and orchestrate the provisioning of virtual machines with native data protection and mobility

Commvault makes cloud hay with Cisco partner certification

Jointly tested and developed BaaS architecture for all cloud environments enables organisations to 'accelerate time to market' and 'drive new business opportunities'

Pets at Home tunes up network with MSP Claranet

Claranet is rolling out a brand new WAN to more than 400 Pets at Home retail locations and around 340 veterinary surgeries around the UK

Sumerian bolsters channel effort with new CCO

Previously with EMC, Stuart McCaul will focus on Sumerian’s commercial strategy and development, with a commitment to sell exclusively with strong channel partners

System C to resell Yellowfin BI in health sector

The partnership will see System C make Yellowfin’s 'easy-to-use' BI solution, and associated training and implementation services, available to existing and future UK healthcare clients

Oh Brother, let’s expand our scanner range for the channel

The new PDS-5000 and PDS-6000 scanners are designed for businesses scanning up to 6,000 pages a day, and are now Kofax VRS compatible

IGEL looking for new thin client resellers in Scotland

The company has appointed Michael Murphy as its new regional sales manager to expand its growing channel business

Epson inks document management deal with Spielberg

Epson’s WorkForce document scanners, as well as all Epson WorkForce Pro multi-function devices, now directly connect with Spielberg’s FileDirector

Big Technology signs ‘disruptive’ data centre supplier VMTurbo

VMTurbo’s cloud and virtualisation control platform is already used in over 1,000 data centres worldwide, working in legacy, all-flash and hyper-converged environments

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